Paul Corkum, Joint Attosecond Science Lab, University of
QNC 0101 | 3-4 p.m. | light refreshments to follow in QNC 1201
The talk will introduce extreme nonlinear optics and demonstrate ways that isolated attosecond pulses can be generated and characterized both in space and in time. Then, using N2 as an example, Corkum will show how measurement can be generalized from optical pulses to atomic wavefunctions and molecular orbitals, opening a route to measuring orbital changes during a photochemical dissociation.
Paul Corkum is a Canada Research Chair of Attosecond Photonics at the University of Ottawa and Director of the Joint NRC/University of Ottawa Laboratory for Attosecond Science. He holds adjunct professorships at McMaster University, the University of British Columbia and Texas A and M University. He is a member of the Institute for Quantum Computing board of directors.